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The detection of these substances is quite for many years, constituting a risk of long-
complex due to the large number of samples term exposure (Moats 1994). These sub-
and the low levels of the substances to be stances tend to be accumulated in the fatty
detected. The control is usually based on tissue of living organisms. Current maximum
screening tests like ELISA test kits, anti- residue limits in the EU for the organochlo-
body-based automatic techniques, or chro- ride pesticides that can be present in animal
matographic techniques (Reig and Toldrá products are within 0.02 and 1 mg/kg of fat,
2008). In the case of antibiotics, microbio- while in the United States they are estab-
logical tests such as the European Four Plate lished between 0.1 and 7 mg/kg fat (Iamiceli
Test can be used. Screening tests are useful et al. 2009).